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art battery that runs off arc reactor energy. protect your Apple products. We wait with
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It’s a brave new world, my friends.
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Upcoming Events
Each week, the Division of Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts at Richland College
presents its Recital Series. All performances are Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Fannin
Performance Hall and are free to the general public. For more information about this
series, contact Dr. Michael Crawford, associate dean of Performing Arts.
Today: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Everyone is invited to hear the music faculty perform: Sharon Deuby on the clarinet;
April Kondrat on the viola and Boriana Savova on piano.
Sept. 13-28: Brazos Gallery
Enjoy John Penny’s “Slow Measure: for Cornelius” exhibit
Thursday, Sept. 20: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Student Club Fair
El Paso Hallway South
Wednesday, Thursday, Sept. 26-27: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.
Student Government Elections
Student Lounge
Friday, Sept. 28: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
PSSA craft fair invites students in El Paso Hallway
Saturday, Sept. 29: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fall Recycling Round-Up Parking Lot E
The City of Dallas Waste Diversion Team is looking for televisions, toys, clothing,
shoes, used books, scrap metals, tires, styrofoam, batteries, a number of electronics
and a number of other items for the roundup. They will not accept household
hazardous chemicals or paint, building supplies, pharmaceuticals, furniture or
mattresses. For more information, call 311 or the Waste Diversion Hotline at 214670-4475. In addition to the City of Dallas, the event is also being sponsored by
Richland, Sanyo, Recycler, Samsung and others.
For future events students can look at the campus calender located in El Paso
Hallway and also in the OSL (Office of Student Life) office.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Oct. 2-3: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Carter Blood Care will be located in the traffic circle for students and faculty to
donate. Each donation is a chance to win Screams Halloween theme park tickets.
Thursday, Oct. 4: Reception - 5 to 7 p.m.
Juror: Gabriel Dawe, Brazos Gallery Annual Juried High School Exhibition
The exhibition will run from Oct. 4-12.
Tuesday, Oct. 9: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free STD Testing East Circle Drive (near library)
The tests will include HIV, chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea. For questions or
more information, call Dallas County Health and Human Services at 214-263-5851,
the Richland College Health Center at 972-238-6135 or stop by Thunderduck Hall,
Room T-110.

Michael Mazurek, 41, recently hired
as the new Art Gallery coordinator and
an instructional specialist, isn’t teaching
any classes this semester. He’ll focus instead on developing art programs for Fall
2013 and will continue the work of Ryder Richards, former gallery coordinator.
Mazurek said Richards is on a developmental leave.
“He’s pursuing an artist residency in Roswell, N. M.,” Mazurek said. “They provide
you with a stipend for one year. I’m a oneyear replacement.”
In the spring, Mazurek will teach one class
in studio art. Before coming to Richland, Mazurek was adjunct faculty at the University of
Texas in Arlington, from where he obtained
a master’s degree in fine arts in the Intermedia Program. His bachelor’s degree is from
Southern Methodist University in fine arts.
Mazurek said an intermedia program
is the type of discipline where you can
utilize various media for your art. It’s
not centered around a single discipline.

Mazurek focuses on installation art, a type
of art that is site-specific and designed to transform the perception of space. It’s designed to
exist only in the space for which it is created.
The art work of John Penny’s exhibit in
the Brazos Gallery, “Slow Measure: for
Cornelius” represents installation art and
will be available through Friday (Sept. 28).
“All the objects relate to one another,” Mazurek said about Penny’s exhibit. “This was new to students. They had
not seen where everything in the space
is dealing with. Each thing within the
space. They are not singular objects.”
Penny is an instructor from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Mazurek
said. He’s from Baltimore and is on a
sabbatical for a year. While on campus,
Penny visited Tom Motley’s art class.
Mazurek said he wants to continue the
progressions that Richards has done in exposing the students to a broader range of art.
“My goal [at Richland] is to continue what Ryder has been doing,” he said.
Mazurek and two other artists have an art
studio in Dallas called Dick Higgins, located in
a warehouse near the Trinity River. They’ve
worked together there for the last year. He

has a piece at the Oliver
of the United States.”
Francis Gallery in East
Mazurek said one
Dallas titled
“SNAof the top spots for
FU” for one month.
artists is Berlin and it
Mazurek’s Dick Higattracts a lot of them.
gins studio is named af“You have New
ter an artist by the same
York, Los Angeles and
name. Higgins was best
outside of the Unitknown as a ‘”Fluxus
ed States,” Mazurek
artist,” a movement
said. “There are more
that dealt with expandart galleries in Berlin
ing the definition of art
than anywhere else.”
outside of a gallery. He
Mazurek worked at
also coined the term,
the Dallas Museum of
“Intermedia,” the proArt for nine years in the
gram in which MazuDigital Imaging Dept.
rek obtained his degree.
and also has a backHiggins died in 1998.
ground in architecture.
Mazurek said his
He said he couldn’t
dream for the future
help but notice how
is to continue his art
incredible the landwork and exhibits, but
scaping is at Richland.
Image credit Joyce Jackson
to expand both nation“I like the Xeriscapally and internationally. New gallery director Michael Mazurek ing,” he said. “It’s uti“I’ve been invited to
lizing native plants.”
show work throughout Dallas,” Mazurek
When he’s not producing art or worksaid. “I was in nine exhibitions last year in ing at Richland, Mazurek said he likes
Dallas. I would like to get show work out to race cars and ride mountain bikes.

She quickly pointed out that this team
has a new personality built on teamwork and
to learning to win together.
Staff Writer
With this many freshmen, it is taking
“The team is in a rebuilding year with time for the team to come together as a
many of last year’s team having graduated cohesive unit that it needs to be a constant
so that the team has 11 freshmen and only winner. Smith stated the team has had some
two sophomores,” Richland volleyball coach difficulties because of playing in a number
of early season tournaments against highly
Zelda Smith said.
ranked opponents
with experienced
players.
In spite of
Richland’s
record in these
tournaments,
freshman LaTori
McClain
from
Garland
was
named to the AllTournament team
at the Vernon
Tournament.
Smith added
that she is working to make each
of the players
more personally
accountable
in
games. One way
is for each player
to stand and carefully watch the
game in progress
and to substitute
into the game at
the proper times.
Smith said the
team is improving
with each game
they play, growing in self-confidence as well as
team work, to become much more
competitive. The
team welcomes
fans at their home
Image credit John Kosanke
games,
where
Miranda Arredondo, freshman from Richmond, leaps to make a power admission is free.

Former Richland student Yea-lim
Moon wowed students with a spectacular
vocal performance Sept. 18 in the Fannin
Performance Hall.
Moon, accompanied on piano by Biliana
Dimitrova, demonstrated her formidable skills
as a soprano by singing a varied program.
She began the program with a jaunty aria
from “Un Ballo in Maschera” by Giuseppe
Verdi, showing off her wonderful range.
Switching gears a bit, Moon offered a
beautiful rendition of three pieces from the
song cycle
“Ariettes oublie’es” by Claude Debussy,
from the desperately sad to the near
whimsical.
Having shown mastery of Italian and
French compositions, she further impressed
the audience with her competent handling of
German and English by filling the last half
of her performance with pieces by Mozart,

Schumann, Strauss and a few selections
from the jazzy and sometimes jarringly
juxtaposed piano and vocal combinations
of “Cabaret Songs” by William Bolcom.
Moon returned to the stage for a
question-and-answer session after the
show, in which she expressed fondness for
her time at Richland under the tutelage of
voice professor Kay Austin.
Having been recently awarded a
scholarship to attend Texas Christian
University for a master’s degree in vocal
performance, Moon extolled the virtues of
hard work saying, “Everyone has a talent.”
She advised that if you practice rigorously
and, “study hard,” then, “everything pays
off.”
If Korean-born Moon is any indication,
that is certainly true. Moon was born
in South Korea in 1982, moving to the
United States in 2001. Her voice study
training at Richland began in 2005. She
also studied under Dr. Stephen Austin at
the University of North Texas.

I recently purchased the “Fallout New
Vegas” game-of-the-year edition for
Xbox 360. This version comes packed
with the original game and all four downloadable contents (DLC). I paid 40 bucks
for it, but, in truth, you can find it much
cheaper if you really look.
I played it and loved it. The post-nuclear
war universe is one of my favorite playgrounds.
Before this devolves into a gushing fanboy tirade I’ll get to the point; the DLC.
“Fallout New Vegas” features four DLCs:
“Honest Hearts,” “Old World Blues,” “Dead
Money” and “Lonesome Road.” Similar to
the DLCs for “Fallout 3,” each DLC adds
an additional five levels to the level cap that
cumulatively increases to 50.
Unlike “Fallout 3’s” DLC in “New Vegas,” the content does not allow you to bypass the end of the game, but actually takes
place before the end-game scenario.
I enjoyed each one. There are new areas
to explore, new weapons and additional
story elements.
It was basically more “Fallout” and worth

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the price. In my opinion “Dead Money” was
the best while “Old World Blues” comes in a
close second due to humor and the environment.
Unfortunately, “Bethesda” is more the
exception than the rule when it comes to
downloadable content, maybe learning from
its past mistakes.
DLC, in theory, is extra content that is released months or years (the time span varies
according to the nature of the game) after
the original game is released.
The purpose of the DLC is to breathe life
into your game once you have completed the
main quest/campaign.
The price is supposedly set accordingly,
much cheaper than buying a brand new
game, to the amount of new content or play
time the DLC adds.
In a perfect world, that would be exactly
how DLC works. Alas, we do not live in such
a world.
A main concern and the greatest sore
point about DLC is a question of whether
the game designers are holding back content
on purpose. The game market is still using
a trial-and-error approach concerning this
“new” idea of DLC. There have been some
misses.
I have two examples of big time offenders

from my own experience. The first is “Gears
of War 3.” During the main campaign, the
lead characters split up and you follow one
team. It is implied, via the style of gameplay,
that you will eventually cut to the other team
and play out their part of the mission.
This type of game play is not uncommon
in “Gears of War,” so I thought nothing of
it. Imagine my surprise when, near the end
of the game, the other team simply shows
up, having accomplished their mission offscreen.
I felt robbed and cheated. This is such a
shameless ploy that it screams DLC like a
huge advertisement.
This is an example of game designers holding back content that could easily have gone
into the original game. Instead, they chose to
hold out and will no doubt release it as DLC
for purchase.
“Batman Arkham City” is a brilliant game
with an albeit short main storyline. But, who
cares? You’re Batman!
This game’s approach to DLC was pure
torture.
In the original game map, certain places would be off limits yet in plain view. A
pop-up notifies you that you need the “Cat
Woman” downloadable content to access
this area.

To be clear, all you need is to buy the
code that will unlock content that is already
on the game you just paid for.
The fact is they dangle the locations and
trophies in front of you. It’s available if you
have the money to pay, that is.
I haven’t even broached the subject of
simply rubbish DLC. Many first-person
shooters fall victim, too. Gamers shell out
more cash for the promised new guns and
new maps only to be given rehashed old
maps and limited new guns.
Bethesda, although credited with great
DLC for “Shivering Isles,” is also infamous
for the horse armor DLC in “Oblivion.”
The horse armor practically did nothing
except cosmetically change the horse’s appearance. That is something gamers will not
soon forget.
Overall, I am for DLC when it is done
correctly and at a reasonable price. I loved
“Dead Money” and the newness it added to
“Fallout NV.”
I would like to see game publishers take
a more responsible approach to the idea of
DLC and not treat gamers like a bunch of
cash cows who will throw money at them
every time they string together a DLC
merely for DLC’s sake.

Image courtesy Jootix.com

ENTERTAINMENT

Preview:
MARY CHANNELL
Gaming Editor

“Call of Duty: Black Ops II” exposes
gamers to a new perception of the future
in intense warfare by featuring two connected story lines that will affect your current mission and the whole course of the
story.
Players will not only have more depth
in the “Black Ops” franchise but are introduced to new perks on the online multiplayer.
For example, the all-new Create-A-Class
has been revamped to a new “pick-10” allocation system that grants players numerous combinations of content. There are

new score streaks, eSports via League Play
and, of course, we get an upgrade on weaponry, attachments and equipment.
And what is “Call of Duty” without zombies?
Well, it’s “Call of Duty” without zombies.
But whatever, the point is “Call of Duty:
Black Ops II” has to have zombies. Luckily,
they love their fans and have given us a Zombie mode that will also be in the infamous
map Nuketown. How exciting!
You can expect “Call of Duty: Black Ops
II” to be released Nov. 13. It will be available
on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and
PC platforms.
Don’t worry. “Black Ops II” will fulfill
your trigger-happy fingers soon enough.
Images courtesy HDwallpapers.in, Callofduty.com,
Blackops2-info.com, Daxgamer.com

RICKY MILLER
Staff Writer

“Trouble With the Curve”
Honestly, I thought Clint Eastwood would
have retired by now.
I’m glad he did not, since “Trouble With
the Curve” shows another more subtle take
on his mastery of emotion and depth. He
stars alongside Amy Adams as a father trying
to reconnect with his daughter, who has sheltered disdain and grievances for his abandoning of her when she was young.
Both Eastwood and Adams share a nice
father-daughter
rapport that translates
smoothly to the screen. The pair shares a
bond that looks and feels authentic.
Although this movie deals with baseball,
the father-daughter relationship takes center
stage. Further strong support comes with
John Goodman and Justin Timberlake as a
father figure and new love interest for Adams’ Mickey. Goodman shares a nice rapport with Adams, who has a strong turn as
sports agent Pete Klein.
Timberlake is one of the few actors to
segue from singer status to actor status with

an effortless approach. He was amusing to
watch in the popcorn fodder of “Friends
With Benefits,” opposite the fun Mila Kunis. He also gave a strong showing in David Fincher’s “The Social Network” as Sean
Parker, the mastermind behind Napster, the
original site for downloading music illegally.
“Trouble With the Curve” works, thanks
to the strong lead performances of both
Eastwood and Adams. Grade: B
“The Bourne Legacy”
New secret agent, but same bureaucratic
jerks calling the shots.
No Matt Damon here, rather Jeremy
Renner as the secret agent on the run. I’ve
seen this thing five times because of a single
solitary scene. While in the Philippines, Rachel Weisz’s Dr. Marta Shearing yells at the
top of her lungs for Jeremy Renner’s Aaron
to just run. Each time I got goosebumps.
Although “The Bourne Legacy” packs a
punch, there is still a desire to see Damon
show up at some point. Grade: B“Ten Years”
Pretty straightforward lightweight fare in
this decade high school reunion of friends
and acquaintances.
This movie basically deals with all those

feelings and predicaments, namely the one
that got away. Channing Tatum’s real-life
wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum is Jess, the longtime girlfriend he thinks he should propose
to. Rosario Dawson is Mary, Jake’s ex from
high school who is now married to someone
else.
Tatum is Jake, essentially the ringleader of
a group of friends who have not seen one
another for years. Part of the plot deals with
Chris Pratt’s Cully apologizing to all the denizens he bullied while in high school. He’s
married to Sam (Ari Graynor), who just
wants to have a good time and ‘get drunk.
Also in the mix are friends Marty (Justin
Long) and AJ (Max Minghella), who each
had a crush on Anna (Lynn Collins), a local
girl who stayed put and raised two kids.
Oscar Isaac (“Sucker Punch”) gives a
strong turn as Reeves, a music star who finally crosses paths with Kate Mara’s Elise,
the one with the red shoes who
got away. Grade: B“Finding Nemo 3D”
This Pixar release receives the
3D treatment with no changes
whatsoever to the original release
from 2003.

It is cool seeing the ocean blue on the big
screen again, but Andrew Stanton and Lee
Unkrich’s tale of a father searching for his
lost son is something to relish on the big
screen. Grade: A(Also, last week’s reviews for “Apparition”
and “The Possession” did not receive grades.
“Apparition” gets a D- while “The Possession” conjures up a C.)

Images courtesy Imbd.com, Ehow.com, Dowdydollies.tumblr.com

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TECH

What to expect when you’re expecting: iPhone 5
Jaron ashley

The 4-inch (diagonal) widescreen display will last approximately eight hours.
boasts a higher resolution screen at 1136 x
On standby, the new iPhone will last a total
640 and 326 ppi (pixels per inch)
of 225 hours.
In addition, Apple has fixed the annoying
For people constanly on the Internet, it
problem of fingerprint smears with a new will last eight hours on 3G and LTE netfingerprint-resistant coating on the screen
works and 10 hours on wifi.
The new screen will also feature the caYou can now have continuous playback
pability of the display of multiple languages of video for 10 hours before the battery will
and characters sidie.
multaneously.
And for music lovers like me, auCamera
dio playback will last 40 hours.
The iPhone 5’s
New apps
new camera has
The iPhone 5 features two new
had an upgrade,
apps on the home screen, Pass
equipped with panBook and Find my iPhone.
orama, 8 mega pix“Pass Book” makes keeping
els, 1080p recording
boarding passes, movie tickets and
at 30 fps (frames per
gift cards easier by keeping them
second).
all in one place, on your phone.
There is also a
The app will automatically pull up
new improved video
what’s needed when you need it.
stabilization feature.
Say you’re at the wmovie theater,
The glass lens has
and you go to show your ticket.
been replaced by a
The app will prompt a notification
sapphire crystal lens,
you can activate, and it will pull up
which on the scratch
the ticket for scanning. The whole
test rating system is
system is location-based, so there is
second only to diano hassle in finding what you need.
mond.
“Find my iPhone”, a previously
Power and Batdownloadable app, can be pulled
tery
up from your home computer and
The battery life
will show the exact location of
of the iPhone 5 has
your iPhone, should it ever be lost
Image credit Apple.com
been
significantly The iPhone 5.
or stolen. From the computer you
increased and with
can also remotely delete the data
smartphone users that is a big deal.
from your phone or send a message to it so
While many phones have so much drain you can find it easier.
they will only last a few hours, here is a look
The latest innovation from Apple hit the
at how long the new iPhone battery will last shelves on Friday. It’s available in two colors,
while certain applications are open.
black with slate and white with silver. AnaWhile talking on the phone, the battery lysts predict 10 million sales the first week.

Staff Writer

It’s about the time of year again when
all good tech companies release their new
products, Apple being among the top
producers.
With no new iPhone releases recently,
many people speculated on the new features
the iPhone 5 would have that would revolutionize the world of technology. As of Sept.
12, those speculations have been put to rest.
While no new extremely spectacular changes
have been made, we have compiled a list of
all the things to expect from Apple’s new
flagship product, which was the last that
Steve Jobs worked on from its inception to
completion before his death.
SIM Card
The iPhone 5 will feature a completely
new Apple-designed nano-SIM card, which
is smaller than any SIM card before, so people won’t be able to just buy an iPhone 5 and
switch their old SIM card into it.
In the United States, two models will be released - one in CDMA format, which actually
doesn’t have a SIM card and GSM format,
which will host the nano-SIM.
Design
The phone is slightly larger than the iPhone
4 and iPhone 4S, but with the same general
shape.
It is lighter than any model by far, weighing
only 3.9 ounces (112 grams)
Apple has made the iPhone 5 longer at
4.87 inches. The width is at 2.31 inches and
the thickness is a slimming 0.3 inches.
Display
The iPhone 5 is host to the Apple patented
retina display.

The voting clock is quickly ticking away
for the Nov. 6 election. For many Richland
students, this election will be their first time
to vote in a presidential election. However,
it is critical that students register to vote.
If you are unsure about your voting status,
visit the website www.votetexas.gov/register-to-

tion Day voters go to their assigned county
voting precinct when voting. A list of the
locations can be found at www.votetexas.gov.
According to the website www.2012presid
entialelectionnews.com, the presidential debate
on Oct. 3 will focus on domestic policy and
the Oct. 22 debate will focus on foreign
policy. Richland students and faculty will
be able to hear the candidates’ stances on

topics discussed in each debate. It is also a
good opportunity for individuals to gain insight about each party and who to vote for.
For further information regarding the voting process and candidates on the ballot,
students and faculty can visit www.votetexas.
gov. The website www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/
pamphlets/largepamp.shtml is available for additional voting registration information.

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REBECCA BANKS

vote and click on the link titled “Find out if
you are already registered” at the bottom of
the page. The link will also provide the voting
precinct where the individual is registered.
One simple way to register is when renewing or applying for, depending on the
individual’s age, a driver’s license. According
to www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/pamphlets/largepamp.shtml, a person is eligible to register if
they are at least 17 years and 10 months old.
The individual needs to be a United
States citizen and Texas resident, with no
felony conviction and not declared mentally incompetent under probate jurisdiction.
Registration forms are available at public
libraries and government offices and can be
downloaded from the website www.sos.state.
tx.us/elections/voter/reqvr.shtml. The last day
to submit registration applications is Oct. 9.
They need to be sent to the voter registrar in the
individuals county. Within 30 days of submitting the application, a voter registration certificate will be mailed to the assigned address.
Early voting is available Oct. 22 for individuals in person or by mail who meet the requirements. The list of requirements can be found
at www.votetexas.gov under “early registration.”
On Election Day (Nov. 6) students will
need to show the registration certificate to
vote. If you happen to forget your certificate,
you are still able to vote by showing a driver’s license or any other document that states
your name and address. Currently Texas law
does not require voters to show a photo ID
because it was denied by the courts in March
due to the potential for discrimination. It
is important to remember that on Elec-

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Class of 2013

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